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FRIDAY, FKBHUAHY 1, 1918
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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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American standpoint the President's prudence was most wise and wholly
sound. Surely, in the event of thu remaining the onlv nuestion undeter
mined, nobody could reasonably expert the United States to continue fright-! J J
ful warfare over a bit of disputed territory. That "the wrong should belli
righted," yea by all means, but the President did well to stop there, although
it is a singular symptom of public sentiment that this particular phrase, mis
interpreted in the hearing as a demand for full restoration, evoked the loudest
applause from Congress. ,
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vi-im respect 10 nussia, we cannot nut conclude tnat Mr. Wilson was i
wholly right and Mr. Lloyd Gcorgo was wholly wrong. The latter, in a J
word, indignantly and, to our understanding, quite peevishly proposed to J J
let the distracted people stew in their own juice. The new government, such,! I
as it is, had broken fuith with Britain the unpardonable sin from the view- i ! S
point of a nation which ha3 been known upon occasion to be "righteously J
arrogant" nnd as a fit punishment the whole country could go to hell. J
Mr. Wilson took the opposite view, recoirnizine- the nliVht nf a irreat nmasii I
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nigiy, inneeu, to tne urotner wlio nail not only erred but persisted in .his ,
error. In any case, he did it and did it nobly, to the infinite credit and great I
joy of the tolerant and kindly people for whom he spoke.
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"My Country 'Ti of Th, Swott Land
of Liberty."
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earrier has missed you. . . , ! President is to stand to his gurus and he will have a solid country behind
him, ready and eager to Htay till the uttermost depths shall be covered with !
ico so thick that no Hipiirming Hun beneath can hope ever to hack his way J J j
through.
It must lie a fine tiling lor a studious, 'careful observer!! !
to live at the . resent time in Washington. No doubt there ! !
ire at 1 inics cause for elation. No real true American can ! !
help feel roud when Mr. Wilson issues a state paper, '!
makes a speech, or acts as spokesman for the Allies. lip!"
rises, and he lifts the whole country with him, to heights
') moral grandeur; and the lofty spirit of the Revolution
and of 'il is renewed in u. (Mhcr events are depressing,
inch as tin; revelations of waste and incompetence on the
uart of government officials, reckless voting billions by
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GEORGE HARVEY AND THK PKKSIDKNT
-By far the most interesting war weekly that wo have
seen or read is the North American Review's War Wceklv.
edited by George Harvey. Mr. Harvey is by far the! c ongress, reciuess extravagance by the departments, ef-
toi is on mo part oi: contempt inie business men to rob the
government. But the latter are only incidents. As Mr.
Root shvs, we must steadily pursue our wav in this war
with our eyes on the goal; mistakes we will make.
Incompetent and careless will fall by the wayside. But
there is no question, with Mr. Wilson as a leader, but that
we will get to the goal, and when we do it will be a goal
worth fighting for, the freedom of all the peoples of the
world. A new national ideal will be established as an
actual fact. And Mr. Wilson's name will be established
Irmly as one of the great men of history.
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Millions of women
art! taking advantage
of this opportunity.
Why not you?
Remember, Febru
ary 4th.
Feb. 4th'
?4$ Comets
Feb. 4th
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ablest writer and editor tnat we have in the magazine
field today. lie is a Democrat, he has no particular reason
to love the J 'resident, on account of his turn down while
editor of Harper's Weekly, when Mr. Wilson disdainfully
refused his support for the Presidency. But Mr. Harvey
is like many others at the present time; he is neither a
Democrat nor a Republican; he is a patriot. Mr. Harvey
supports the I 'resident very ably and sincerely. But he
will not be muzzled. He does not support Secretary
Baker. In fact, his attitude toward the secretary is rather
satirical. lie says of the week ending January 4:
Nothing happened in the East during the past week. What may happen
next week, or the week ensuing, we leave with moro hope than confidence
to the prognosticators who formulate tho Monday morning bulletins of tho
Secretary of War.
- And again of Secretary Baker's War Council, wherein
Mr. Baker undertook to heat Senator Chamberlain to it,
probably realizing the demand of the people that the War
Department he reformed, by appointing and creating a
War Council of his own, inside his department, Mr.
Harvey says:
If tho War Council is really intended to be the means whereby tho war
ca'be won.und not merely an added frill on a camouflaged screen to con
ceal tho operations of tho War Department from public gaze, the Chief of
Staff, already a much overburdened man, will cither have to surrender bio
legitimate duties so as to devote all his time to the War Council, or he
must try to perform the impossible and divide himself into two parts.
There is a limit to all human endurance, arid when it is taxed beyond that
limit it lo!!C8 value.
Tho Secretary of War has, we fear, mistaken shadow for substance.
A Council of War we believe to be absolutely necessary for tho proper
prosecution of the war, but in that case it will bo a council not within the;
War Department but outsido of it, to which the War Department, nnd cve.i j
the Secretary of War himself, will yield obedience. Mr. Baker has simply
created the machinery for greater delay. And of delay we have had enough.
These two extracts from the War Weekly give an index
. to Mr. Harvey's blunt speech when he runs across mis
takes at Washington, where he has his headquarters and
edits his weekly. But the tone of his writing with ref
erence to the ('resident is genuinely patriotic, as witness
the following: .
The two noteworthy events of the week (week ending .January 12) were
tho speeches of Mr. I.loyd George nnd the President. The Premier spoke
first and spukc T.-ell, but Mr. Wilson's declaration was a veritable master
piece, lie has never done, and we doubt if anybody living could have done,
better. Wo liked particularly his definileneas. There was none of the ha; y
rhetoric which sometimes characterizes his utterances and leaves the reader
guessing, llis numerical summary of tho fourteen war aims was quite for
eign to his usual method and, perhaps for that very reason at a time when
the whole world was eager for something specific to take hold of, was tie
mendously effective.
Na'.ui'ally anil necessarily, the declaration.-, of the two lea.leis coincided
in aU essentials, differing only in degree Willi respect to Alsarc-! .orrni" -and
Ii'iSJin. d.loyd (ieorgo bluntly nss'rtrd that her lost provinces m'.::l
be reot'.red to France, while Mr. Wilson insisted only that "the wrong should
be righ'ed.'' It i.- cr.sy to understand that the llritish Premier felt a positive
ne'cssity of upholding the French in their chief purposo, but from the
COMMENT OP THE PRESS
The Hoarded Dollar
Frank A. Vanderlip hit the nail on Ihe head in a speech
it Cincinnati, when he said that "a hoarded dollar is a
dacker." Work for the war is necessary and of primary
importance, but industry and business cannot be over
looked without fatal results. The campaign against the
enemy must be backed by industry and business going or
to a great degree as usual, else the wherewithal to finance
the war wiil.be ciiLoffTo sl()t.uiaiiufacturtng, trade and
.transportation, to hoard is killing the goose, Money must
VJkept, in circulation, and' let it be keut at home so thai
't will come back in the natural cycle of business dealings
Tarde with intelligent discrimination,, that's always wise
'ut do not hoard. Denver Telegraph. ;'
ffflT.T.nWA WHWaWflTlPa trln to I.ostine over Sunday.
V AlAtJU V Y i JJ TV i.1 V 4. A-4 K I
j J. C. Conley, county school Huper
MImn Vinlt-t Osborne Kclnrns .Mrs,
Oscar (YosM'ii Called to (irntitic ;
Wiitlmvu to Have 1-vcciim Course. !
WALLOWA, l-'eh. 1. (i?p.M:l:i! '
Minn Violet Osl)Oi-n who was called
Id Olympta, Wash., about a month :
df;'o. on account of siekneHr. in hev :
fathorA family, returned today and
will roHunie her work in tho renior
flans of the biph nchool.
Misa KAUi OmstO;id of Knlorprise,
attended tho Wallowa Knterprise
banket ball Kme Sal urday niht.
i'he was n fcuer.t of Minn Maitla l)oo-
little while here.
Hev.
intendent Is making bifi yearly visit
to our Hfhooly,
Mrs. O.icar Croasnn was called to
Li Grande today on account of the
Miner. s of her mothor, Mrs. J. Mo
C'au ley.
Mm. Frank Miles and baby have
reUin:ed (o Lust in o after spending
Jhe. week end with her aunt, Mrs
Davis.
Mr. WalUM- Lowe of tho Hud path
Lyceum bureau was in town Sunday
and Monday nnd while hero placed
a course for next year with tlio high
school.
Quite a change In the weather has
Mr. AtkiiiH made his usual' taken place in the last day or two.
COMEDIES OF CAMP LEWIS
A fow Inches of snow has fallen with
a falling temperature.
WALLOWA WINS FROM
LOSTINE IN DEBATE
TWO HKill SCHOOr, TUA.MS 1)1'.'
HATK CO.Mrri.SORY AI'.Ill-TltATION
Tohlullt the Cllnmii(illsllil of Valley
Will lie Settled Hetween Wallowa
and liiterprise.
WALLOWA, Fob. 1. (Special)
Tho debate between the high schoois
of Wallowa and I.ostine Tuesday
night resulted in a victory for Wal
lowa. The question under discussion war.
"Resolved, that questions between
cnpitnl nnd labor should be settled by
legalized courts of arbitration." The
affirmative side was upheld by Grace
Hail and Ethel Hendricks, of Wall
owa, while ttie negative side was up
hold by Anna Eoyrsior and Albort.
Daisely of Losline. Tho question
was well handled considering tho
subject and the nuo of the contest
ants. A good sized audience list
ened 'with interest to the debate and
a sliort musical program.
Tho Judges were: Hev. II. S.
Hughes, Itov. S. K. Sibley, and Dr.
Roberta, all of Enterprise.
could never have done this and other
work that I shall jus: ;.:uniio:i If it
were not for the sewn years faithful
work of their principal, Prof. Roy
ConUltn and their former manual
training maater, Mr. Train. It is a
labor of love with Mr. Conklin who
has seen the sehcol grow from noth
ing, just two or thri'c pupils to a
High School class of 132 in 1!)17. A
school with a thoroughly equipped
manual training ocpaitinent, a chem
ical department, laboratory room,
physics and botany room, domestic
ai t ' room, domestic sc'.ence, steno
graphy and typewriting class rooms
und a well equipped businoss course
room, with a regular bank in one
end.
I'll in it n io Jlnde Jly rnpilr..
Mind you, every bit of furniture in
ail of these rooms, tallies, cliair3,
benches, drawers, banking! depart
ment, even the plumbing, partitioits
and plastering in some of tho walls
has been done by the pupils, yes
and several hundred folding chairs
for their gym. Why, even the frames
of the looking glasses used fly the at
tractive looking domestic science I
classes wore made by the boys.
training department, even to a gas
engine.
Domestic Science Department.
Great credit is also due to Miss
Maida Doolittle she has done much
of the Domestic Science depart
ment. Miss Doolittle is an O. A. C.
girl and not only teaches her class
but has taken In hand tho Camp Fire
girls, lakes them on hikes, becomes
one of tho girls, but never forgets to
instruct nnd help her girls in a hund
red different ways that a born leader
of girls do.
Miss Richards, another O. A. C.
girl has charge of the business course
and is making business men and girls
out of her classes. Prof. Conklin
lias also a night school and class In
mathematics. There Is also a night
school Tor older ladies in conserva
tion, etc.
.Many Hoys lOnlisl.
Wallowa High School last year
had 132 students; this year It has
8 5. Nearly all of the graduates
of last year's class are in Uncle Sam's
servico. Several of thorn are already
in France and fighting for tho liberty
of the world. Many of the vouth
of Wallowa who would ho in high
The physics table is a nartlcularlv i "-""' mis year are wonting op the
fine piece of work. The domestic art i 'a, ms anrt 'domB thelr bil" ln otner
room has four searing machines. The ' w:iys t0 ,leln tneil' c'mtiy win the
domestic science room has eight elec- wal" an1 w,u f,ais:i t,,oir education
trie plates and a range. The short- i Tlle"- manual training tcach-
liand and typewriting room lias seven ' ?r ls blliI(lng ships to carry provis-
At the same time Wallowa's nega-1 typewriters. These were about the; 3 our ys "le front. his
tiv team met Lostine's affirmative only articles, apparently, that the ! suc('ess"1' ''as gone to tho front as
team at Lostine. Guy Davis and boys and girl's wero unahl'e to make. I a aol'le''- There will be no manual
Hazel Soden represented Wallowa. The hoys and girls have both good tj"ll'nlnB class this year in the Wal
while Ethel Harris and Promise Me-, ,aih rooms and lockers in the High; , lowa H,Bh-
Kenzio represented Lostine. Wal- they made the lockers. Lately thry I Wallowa is proud of her schools,
lowa won at Lostine also, which en-' have leveled off their school grounds ' m'01"' "r "3 scholars and proud of
lilies Wallowa to meet Enterprise, j iWid intend to beautify them with'"3 Sclio1 principal who has
the winning team of the Enterprise-1 grass and flowers. Thoy will also i ma,l tlle school what It is, and
Joseph depute. This contest will be j a ijtue later, put in a moving pict-t,llnp1 out classes of scholars that
held tonight at Enterprise and Wal- : nre outfit in the gym. -Oregon is proud of mentally and
lowa. This debate will determine i There are many other thing tliat ; physlcally-
'.he rhanipionsliip of the valley. j the writer noted, such as handsome
desk, a model bam, baskets tlie com- Bettcr than money because they
Fifiy llelow J. L. Kline had a ! plete supply of tools in the manual : C!,rn moncy; "y a WAR-SAVINGS
letter from his son, Douglas Kline
who is on his way east with a de- j
tachment of troops going to Macon, r
Georgia, saying that he was in the '
Dukotas and that it was fifty below I
zero. He recently visited his father ;
and mother in La Grande. ,
STAMP TODAY.
PALM BEACH SUIT OF l , ...
bough silk: ,hor rfarri-fn-tif
should do
he l'VdiTnl
Kvcry i;o(d citizen at this time
IiN ."hare toward streiiytlicniuir (
lv.'.-en c I Jatikinii: System which mir (iovevn
ir'cnl lias created with its billion dollars of
ivsnr.ivi s to si and back of its member banks
nnd all their depositors.
Y";t 1-1:1 contribute directly to Ihe siren;;th
of this system, and at the same time secure
by depositintr your money
part of every dollar you le
poes directly into the new
it is always readv for vou
lis protection
witii i:s. since
posit with us
system, where
when wanted.
Tii
is is a surest ion for prompt action.
Member Federal Reserve System
La Grande National Bank
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"The Man From Puintrtl Tfist," at
tlie Arciido Saturday und Sunday. 1
WAIXOW HKill srimoL t
HAS HK.M HANK
Some women are hard to fit in
corsets; some just think they
ate.
"Naw,
QiOftBlOt.".
assoclatlnwitli a guy who has Ct'RMA.V
(Continued from Paso 1.) j
visit to tho Wallowa Hih pleased
him. Hut there is ai. especial ivas- ,
on, posHildy, for the care and ntton- !
tion paid to their class roni.is ami
the furnishings by the Wallowa pup- ;
Us. They have heen trained that :
wny and havt niitnufnetrred a very j
large part of tho furniture used in
many of the claws rooien haTe even ;
plastered the walls, painted the wood
work nnd partitioned off class room 5. !
Lot mo tell the readers of the Oh
server some of the things I saw, and
all work done ly pupils of tlie High, ,
largely by the hoys, but the girls also 1
have done their idiare. ,
1'uill n (i.vninasiitpi. 1
The High School, ably ahs':;ted by
the Wallowa graded school, has built
a gymnasium !K) x T- t feet, a kviu
with a large stage, balcony around
three sides, di er.riii': r-Miins, scenery,
and everyihing in fact that a gym.
theatre and auditorium should have. ,
This is a solid su.tantial buildinn
with no posts in it hut arch and
truss construction, electrically liirht-
j ed. fcotlighls on (he stage, switch
I hoard and everything comph le. end
J all built, wired and scenery even
j painted by school buys nnd gi:lw, ar.d
I all pad for by t lie yor.ngsrevs who
have gi en entertainment;; ami in
! other way:' collected and earned the
j money to pay for this building.
It goes without say in;, of cotirre.
that they luivo hem ably i.s.;t.M
and h, irked by Wallowa residu.ls
. who are mighty proud oT their stchool
j and scholars.
1 IMr. t onkhn Hemes Credit.
1 Not all f (be cretUt can he gic:i
. to the youngsters however. They
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For southern rpou wear and
Tulm B?ach fnhlnns forecast
tliiioO of tho northern Easter pa
rade? the white suit of heavy
slut or llffht wool la as popular as
it is essential. Oyster white khaki
kool, of which tho costume in the
photograph ts made, has all tho
char ni of a heavy rough silk which
lends Itself well to semi-tailored
lines, with a lightness of texture
which fug;e3:3 summer materials.
This ?ui. 13 ono of the saiartest
designed for tho Palm JJeacii sea
nil. . ..
There arc certain types of fig
ures, however full bmt and
small lii;:s, small bust and large
hips, short stout figures that
require special designing in
corsets.
ln .".iODAKT Front Laced Cor
sets there i.:e special sizes and
models for just such figures.
V'c can Rive any woman, of
whatever size or shape, the kind
of style and fit she should have.
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PAULINE LEDERLE